Cleaning composition



Patented Sept. 7, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LE VERNE TEACH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CLEANING COMPOSITION.

No Drawing.

My invention relates to improvements in cleaning compositions, and it consists in the combination of ingredients hereinafter set forth and the steps taken in making the same.

An object of my invention is to provide a liquid in the nature of a cream which may be used without additional water, andwhich is rimarily designed for cleaning'the hands of grease, ink. paint, glue, dirt, etc.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cleaning compound of the type men-- tioned which does not have an injurious ef. fet on the skin but which will leave the skin so t.

A further object of my invention is to provide a process of making a cleansing compound which produces a cleaner that may be thinned with water if desired, in other words, an emulsion which can be used in more or less concentrated state.

Other objects of my invention will appear in the following specification, and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In carrying out my invention I make use of kerosene, oleic acid, and aqueous ammonia. The following formula has been found to be very efii-cient: One hundred parts of kerosene by volume is mixed with thirteen parts of commercial oleic acid. The oleic acid may be obtained either in light form' or dark form, and either form will be equally effective in the compound. The mixture of kerosene and oleic acid is added to a mixture of water and aqueous ammonia in the proportion of fifty parts by volume of water with three and one-half parts of 26% aqueous ammonia. This mixture is agitated. and when thoroughly mixed, it makes a'thick, white cream.

Application filed July 5, 1924. Serial No. 724,447.

In order to get a'liquid which is thin enough to shakeand pour readily, I dilute the cream thus formed with water in the proportion of seventeen parts by volume of water and thirty-five parts by Volume of kerosene. The resulting mixture, as stated, is thin enough to shake and pour, but in itself forms a White cream of syrup-like consistency.

Thiscleansing compound thus formed will remove almost all foreign matter from the bands, such as ink, paint, glue, grease, etc.

It leaves the hands in a soft condition as distinguished from many hand soaps which contain strong alkalis. Furthermore, it is an antiseptic compound and therefore tends to prevent infect-ion by its antiseptic properties. The oleic acid has a triple function, it tends to form a body or base for the compound, it acts chemically to aid in dissolving grease, etc., and it acts as a hinder or agglutenan't to form the emulsion of the kerosene and the water.- The kerosene dissolves substances such-as paint, gums, varnish, etc.,

JOSEPH LE VERNE TEACH. 

